Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death.
By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God. And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.
And he who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him.”
I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord.
Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more.
Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
I have received full payment, and more. I am well supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.
and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”
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